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Field Trips: SAT 12/16/17 & SUN 12/17/17, either in Rocky Mountain National Park or Roosevelt National Forest , start time TBD, but you are in the field all day

The AIARE 1 Decision Making in Avalanche Terrain is a three-day / 24-hour introduction to avalanche hazard management. This course is offered thorugh Colorado Wilderness Rides and Guides, a boulder based AIARE provider.

Students can expect to develop a good grounding in how to prepare for and carry out a backcountry trip, to understand basic decision making while in the field, and to learn rescue techniques required to find and dig up a buried person (if an avalanche occurs and someone in the party is caught).

At the end of the AIARE 1 course the student should be able to:

Develop a plan for travel in avalanche terrain.

Demonstrate the ability to identify avalanche terrain.

Effectively use the AIARE Decision Making Framework to make terrain choices in a group setting